I've shot and made them for over 30 years, then about 15 years ago backed off a little. Sold the tee-pee and stopped doing over night rendezvous. Got into old SxSs - Remingtons, Parkers, and a Lefever or two. You'll want to buy the revolver and have it shipped separate from any cartridge cylinder to be legal. I was laid up from a back operation a couple of years ago and the bug bit me again. I use to shoot the Remington New Model Army in competition so naturally that's what caught my eye on the internet. I bought two engraved ones, one nickel plated and one blued with the 8" barrels, two with 12" barrels - one steel and one brass framed, and the revolver carbine. That carbine always looked kool. Yes they're nice looking and accurate. I still look at a rifle or two, but haven't pulled the trigger.